Cànan & CultarWilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 - 294 pages This volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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... wake , and Garnett ( 2.10 ) says that the ' dances may perhaps be intended as an expression of joy ' . A sense of cognitive dissonance breaks through in the descriptions of other wakes . Pennant ( 2.5 ) describes the dance as a ...
... wake , and Garnett ( 2.10 ) says that the ' dances may perhaps be intended as an expression of joy ' . A sense of cognitive dissonance breaks through in the descriptions of other wakes . Pennant ( 2.5 ) describes the dance as a ...
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... wake , and thus appease any anger or resentment he might have towards them : That is why both relatives and friends strove to show that Death was but a trivial occurrence , which could be alleviated by all the features of the wake ...
... wake , and thus appease any anger or resentment he might have towards them : That is why both relatives and friends strove to show that Death was but a trivial occurrence , which could be alleviated by all the features of the wake ...
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... wake dance in the light of the symbolism and customs of popular religion in Gaelic Scotland : 1 ) It may symbolise ... wake dance seems to have allowed for a variable number of dancers , perhaps the entire throng assembled at the wake ...
... wake dance in the light of the symbolism and customs of popular religion in Gaelic Scotland : 1 ) It may symbolise ... wake dance seems to have allowed for a variable number of dancers , perhaps the entire throng assembled at the wake ...
Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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